Shoppers line up at Best Buy for Black Friday deals

It's one of the busiest travel days of the year, but in Louisville, some people are staying put.

In fact, many are sleeping in tents, waiting on Black Friday deals.

A new Nielsen poll showed just 13 percent of shoppers will visit a brick and mortar store this Black Friday, which is down from 17 percent last year.

Nielsen researchers say this is part of a four-year decline of consumer interest in Black Friday shopping.

But one day before Thanksgiving, there are already shoppers lined up in the cold.

“This is crazy. Everyone tells me how crazy it is until 24 or 48 hours and then they're like “hey can you pick me up that such and such,” and there will be people who drive by actually that will say “hey if I give you $20 bucks can you buy me a TV,” said Black Friday shopper Carmen Thompson.

Thompson has been in line since Monday at 1:00 p.m.

Best Buy is promoting the hashtag “#vineinline” and people waiting in line can make a video and post it online and Best Buy will retweet it.

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